New Graduate Registered Nurse 2026

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Paducah invites graduating Registered Nurses to apply to its Transition to Practice RN Residency Program to launch their nursing careers in a supportive environment with experienced mentors and multiple specialty opportunities.

The program focuses on prescribing for patients under supervision, patient education, teamwork, and maintaining nursing excellence while delivering patient-centered care. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Graduating RN students entering Transition to Practice RN Residency.

Responsibilities

• Prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care for patients.
• Educate patients and their families.
• Lead and collaborate with interdisciplinary team members.
• Maintain high standards of professional nursing practice.
• Deliver exceptional customer service and patient-centered care.

Job description

Summary Job Description:

Graduating Registered Nurses – Now Accepting Applications! If you're graduating this December, now is the perfect time to begin exploring your career opportunities. At Baptist Health Paducah, we're looking for compassionate, motivated nursing students ready to launch their careers through our Transition to Practice RN Residency Program. Supportive nurse residency Experienced mentors Multiple specialty opportunities Pathway to Excellence® designated organization Don't wait until finals to start your job search—your future starts today!

Job Summary:

• Prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care for patients
• Educate patients and their families
• Lead and collaborate with interdisciplinary team members
• Maintain high standards of professional nursing practice
• Deliver exceptional customer service and patient-centered care

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

Accessibility Statement:

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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